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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
5
An advertisement urges readers to combat gray hair and aging with Hay's Hair Health. It cites job rejection due to age, claims the product restores natural color, fights dandruff, and promotes a clean scalp. Free displays offer samples at local druggists with Harfrna Soap.
A German Congregation service marked a rare wedding day with at least six unions. Geneva Grow wed Herb Schwala, Emmy Zeus married William Elsner, Cecil Scrubl paired with Ray Sviver, plus three more ceremonies in the afternoon. All couples plan homes in local neighborhoods as noted by local pastors and attendees.
Members of the Town Avenue Kensington club and their husbands and families enjoyed a pleasant outing at Wood Park on a Wednesday afternoon and evening. A plentiful supper followed by theater party was planned by the group at the home of Mrs. George Volzar on West Eighth Street. July 14. North Prairie rovers guests of Ivan Iegein. The country home of Ivan in Moscow township hosted the regular session of the Notth Prairie Ro.
The column covers a July social scene with meetings, a wedding of Agnes Collins in Atlantic, visiting relatives, and pre nuptial events. Several local couples and guests are named, with details on attire, venues, and post ceremony plans.
Musserville residents urge Oregon street trough to be turned on after petitions to the city council were ignored. Water works delays alarm farmers and horses on the main Muscatine thoroughfare. Funeral service held for J W Bingley in Raymond, Washington with six nephews as pallbearers. Miss Eena Kautz hosts nineteenth birthday party at 1077 Hershey Avenue. Junior Wesleyan class holds a successful dawn social at Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church with boys in charge and Japanese lanterns as decorations.
The Dollar promotes immediate action urging readers to visit the bank today and open a savings account. It emphasizes starting savings now and taking advantage of the offer.
The fragment notes residence repainting on Nebraska and improvements at 1404 Kansas street. Homes on Phillips and Miles avenues receive new roofs and porches with a cement sidewalk on Wallace street. Mrs Benn and Mrs Jensen undertake tasks while Mrs Kinnsley and Mrs Walker travel to Davenport. Mullard Ladies Aid met. hostesses were Mrs Ellman and Mrs Riggs. Next meeting July 9. Joan Rendig of Oregon Street awaits tool placement for a home project.
Wary priests of Miss Gertruds attend a Wednesday event at Weed Park to honor George McConnell of town City. A bounteous picnic supper followed, then some party members returned to the city and attended a theatre visit.
Washington June 26 Half masted flags marked gloom as President Wilson declined to grant a complete Saturday holiday for clerks and employes amid July 4th and inaugurations. Petitions sought Saturday off, but the president chose not to set a precedent. Stillwater trip for a sister’s nuptials delayed return to Muscatine. Meanwhile Minneapolis hosts the American Water Works association conference with experts discussing public water service charges and private fire protection costs.
East Hill residents gathered at the Sweetland Grange hall for an ice cream social. Bad road conditions from yesterday postponed the planned initiation of new members. it will occur at the two week meeting, with expected higher attendance. Nearby, the Sweetland Willing Band of Workers held a pleasant gathering at Mrs. Phoebe Pillman’s home this afternoon.
Washington June 26 after months of study the department of agriculture announced completion of regulations to protect migratory birds in the United States. The rules set nationwide standards for hunting and nesting protections, aiming to preserve bird populations and habitats across states.
President Wilson approves a law establishing a closed hunting season for migratory birds from January 2 to October 1, 1918 along the Mississippi Ohio and Missouri river routes. Breeding and wintering birds protected, spring shooting eliminated, existing state regulations mostly unchanged.
A promotional notice urging every family to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot months. It claims high value and necessity, stating the product has no superior and should be bought now, available from all dealers.
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